BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In a blow to incumbent Margaret Chin, Christopher Marte won the endorsement of the Village Independent Democrats club in the City Council Democratic primary for Lower Manhattan’s District 1. The vote was last Thurs., April 13. The vote was 21 for Marte and 11 for Chin. An elated Marte said, “V.I.D. read more here »

Four years ago Margaret Chin told us she would have said no to the deals to get beloved schools like P.S. 234 decades ago, and Spruce Street School more recently, because the community was giving away too much to corporations and developers and didn’t get enough affordable housing. It raised our eyebrows, but we endorsed read more here »